Civil Engineering offers opportunities to become involved in projects that enhance the overall quality of life. Civil engineers design, construct, manage, operate and maintain the infrastructure that supports modern society including buildings, bridges, roads and highways, tunnels, airfields, dams, ports and harbours, railways, new mines, water supply and sewerage schemes, irrigation systems and flood mitigation works. The profession is very broad and affords opportunities for involvement in many specialist activities.

In the Civil Engineering program students may elect to major in structural engineering, geotechnical engineering, transport engineering, water engineering or engineering construction and management. This program can be taken on a four-year full-time basis, on a part-time basis or on a combined full-time part-time basis subject to the approval of the Head of School. Intending part-time students are advised that all courses are offered only in the daytime. Part-time students will normally take two years for each equivalent full-time year. Alternatively, the program may be taken in a sandwich form in which a student, after completing the first year of the program on a full-time basis, gains industrial experience during one or more periods of employment by taking leave of absence for an entire academic year.

The School also offers the combined degrees BE (Civil Eng)/BE (Mining Eng)program 3146,
BE (Civil Eng)/BE (Env Eng)program 3631,
BE (Civil Eng)/BA program 3621,
BE (Civil Eng)/BSc program3730,
BE (Civil Eng)/LLB (Law)program 4775,
and also the fast program BE/MEngScplan CVENG13620

The broad objective of the School's undergraduate programs is to develop well-educated graduates with the basic skills, attributes and knowledge required to practise as professional engineers. The desired skills are those that enable graduates to be problem solvers; critical thinkers; life long learners; good communicators; team players; independent investigators; effective managers; self-motivated; and economically, environmentally and socially aware.

It is intended that these attributes are developed in students at the same time that they gain knowledge in a broad range of disciplines. In addition, an objective of the programs is to provide the skills and knowledge in a social context. Integrating courses in each year of each program (the Engineering Practice courses) have been introduced to achieve this objective.

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General Education 6 UOC

General Education 6 UOC

Students achieving a School weighted average mark exceeding 62 (calculated from all courses in Years 1 to 3 of the BE program) are eligible to undertake an Honours thesis in Year 4 (CVEN4000 in S1 and CVEN4001 in S2).

Plus TWO of the following three electives:

Session 2

All students not undertaking the honours thesis are required to select two majors. Students undertaking the honours thesis are required to undertake one major plus at least 8 units of credit of electives taken from one other discipline area. To complete a major, all three 4 units of credit elective subjects (listed for each discipline below) must be undertaken.

The School offers a range of specialist plans in the civil engineering program, which are available to high achieving students. Basically students complete most of the requirements of the standard plan CVENA13620 with specialist replacements for some courses in Years 2, 3 and especially Year 4 of the program. Students achieving a School weighted average mark of less than 65 (calculated from all subjects in Years 1 to 3 of the BE program) are ineligible to continue in the plan and must transfer into and complete the standard Year 4 of the academic plan CVENA1 3620.

CVENJS 3620 Civil and Structural Engineering Plan

Year 2

Replace CVEN2022 with CVEN2032 Civil/Structural Engg Practice 2

Year 3

Replace CVEN3023 with CVEN3032 Civil/Structural Engg Practice 3A

Replace CVEN3024 with CVEN3033 Civil/Structural Engg Practice 3B

Year 4

Replace CVEN4526 with CVEN4324 Structural Engineering Case Study

CVEN4339, CVEN4349 and CVEN4359 are compulsory

CVENKS 3620 Civil and Geotechnical Engineering Plan

Year 2

replace CVEN2022 with CVEN2062 Civil/Geotechnical Engg Practice 2

Year 3

replace CVEN3023 with CVEN3062 Civil/Geotechnical Engg Practice 3A

replace CVEN3024 with CVEN3063 Civil/Geotechnical Engg Practice 3B

Year 4

replace CVEN4526 with CVEN4226 Engineering Geology and Geotechnical Models

CVEN4279, CVEN4289 and CVEN4289 are compulsory

CVENLS 3620 Civil Engineering and Project Management Plan

Year 2

same as CVENA1 3620

Year 3

replace CVEN3023 with CVEN3012 Civil Engg and Project Management Practice 3A

replace CVEN3024 with CVEN3013 Civil Engg and Project Management Practice 3B

replace CVEN3438 with CVEN3127 Management of Projects

Year 4

replace CVEN4526 with CVEN4127 Planning and Control of Projects

CVEN4139, CVEN4149 and CVEN4159 are compulsory

CVENMS 3620 Civil and Transport Engineering Plan

Year 2

same as CVENA1 3620

Year 3

replace CVEN3023 with CVEN3042 Civil/Transport Engg Practice 3A

replace CVEN3024 with CVEN3043 Civil/Transport Engg Practice 3B

Year 4

replace CVEN4526 with CVEN4421 Transport Engineering 2

CVEN4439, CVEN4449 and CVEN4459 are compulsory

CVENNS 3620 Civil, Water and Coastal Engineering Plan

Year 2

replace CVEN2022 with CVEN2052 Civil/Water Engg Practice 2

Year 3

replace CVEN3023 with CVEN3052 Civil/Water Engineering Practice 3A

replace CVEN3024 with CVEN3053 Civil/Water Engineering Practice 3B

replace CVEN3125 with CVEN3528 Sustainable Catchment and Coastal Systems

Year 4

replace CVEN4126 with CVEN4533 Transport and Fate of Pollutants

CVEN4539, CVEN4549 and CVEN4559 are compulsory

Students in this program must also satisfy the General Education requirements.
For further information, please refer to "General Education" in the Table of Contents (see left-hand side of page) and contact your school office.

Each Faculty has responsibility for deciding what courses are able to be counted towards the General Education requirement for their students.
The Faculty of Engineering is committed to providing the widest range of choice of general education electives for its students. It strongly encourages students to make the best use of this flexibility. Please contact your School Office for further information on General Education electives available to you.

Honours is awarded to students who have achieved above average results and who undertake an Honours Thesis in their Final Year. A weighted average is calculated for each student. A different weighting factor for each year of the program is applied to the marks in each course by units of credit as follows:

Industrial training is assigned a nominal value of 4 units of credit in Year 4 in the Honours calculation. For combined degree programs only the marks obtained in the standard Civil or Environmental Engineering courses are used in the calculation. A weighted average mark in the range of 65-69 will result in a recommendation for Honours 2/2. A weighted average mark in the range of 70-74 will result in a recommendation for Honours 2/1. A weighted average mark of 75 and above will result in a recommendation for Honours 1.

General Rules for Progression
Progression in all undergraduate programs in the Faculty of Engineering is permitted by course. However:

1. Programs will continue to be stated and timetabled by year or stage and it cannot be guaranteed that non-standard programs can be completed in the minimum number of years. Students are not permitted to enrol in courses with clashing timetables.

2. Students must satisfy the rules governing re-enrolment. These are set out in detail in the UNSW Calendar-Summary Volume. A student's academic standing is deemed to be one of:

Good Standing

Referral

A student's standing will deteriorate if 50% or more of units of credit attempted are failed in any session, and may improve if courses are passed. Eventually, standing may deteriorate to a point where a student will be excluded from the Program in which they are enrolled.

Any student not in good standing should discuss the situation with the Academic Adviser in the relevant school, and may be required to talk to a counsellor in the Careers and Counselling Unit.

3. Students must satisfy the relevant prerequisite and corequisite requirements. This will usually necessitate students completing or attempting all courses of a particular year or stage before proceeding to a course in the next part of a program. Further details are available from Schools.

4. Only in exceptional circumstances will students be allowed to enrol in a program containing courses from more than two consecutive years of the program or totalling more than 27 units of credit. Students repeating courses will be expected to choose a program that includes previously failed courses and limits their Units of Credit. Details of these limits are available from School offices and may only be exceeded with the express permission of the Head of School. A failed elective may be replaced by another elective.

5. Notwithstanding the above, before students can enrol in any non-standard programs, such program must meet with the approval of the Head of School. A non-standard program is one which involves enrolment in courses from more than one year or stage, or comprises courses which are not normally included in the program for a particular year.

Bachelor of Engineering Program Rules

1.The Bachelor of Engineering is awarded following the completion of a minimum of 192 units of credit.

2. The specific requirements for the Bachelor of Engineering in the various disciplines are set out in the relevant sections in this Handbook.

3. The degree may be awarded with Honours, based upon the overall performance in the program and in accordance with Faculty and School policies. Honours are awarded in the following classes - Class 1, Class 2 Division 1, Class 2 Division 2.

4. The standard duration of the program is four years, or eight sessions, of full-time study each comprising 24 units of credit. Students may undertake the program over a longer period on the basis of part-time study.

5. Each student is required to complete a minimum of 60 days of approved experience in industry prior to graduation.

6. General Education electives may only be attempted after the student has attempted at least 24 units of credit.

For information regarding fees for UNSW programs, please refer to the following web-page:  https://my.unsw.edu.au/student/fees/FeesMainPage.html

Industrial experience is an integral part of the programs. This can be taken within Australia or overseas. Students must complete at least sixty days of approved industrial experience. Students are strongly recommended to gain as much industrial experience as possible during the session breaks throughout their period of study. Students who have had suitable experience in industry prior to commencement may qualify for exemption from the Year 4 Industrial Training course.

Information regarding recommended computing equipment for the programs offered by the School is available from the School Office.

Both the BE in Civil Engineering and the BE in Environmental Engineering are fully accredited by the Institution of Engineers, Australia, meeting the examination requirements for admission to graduate and corporate membership of the Institution. Substantial or complete recognition is accorded to the BE programs by overseas engineering institutions.